Therapist profile
Dana Phillips, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor - Family and Parenting
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- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- CBT and DBT tools
About Dana
Dana Phillips is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with 10 years of experience working in school and community settings. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, depression, parenting, grief, trauma and abuse, addiction, and related challenges that affect life at home.
She takes a client-centered approach, listening first and helping people name the problems that feel most urgent. Sessions are practical and straightforward. Dana uses clear strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy alongside mindfulness and motivational interviewing when those tools fit the issue.
Her background includes a master’s degree in school counseling from The College of New Jersey and a history of working in school counseling, private practice, and contracted work with children’s services. That mix of settings shaped how she helps people manage emotional health, crisis moments, and everyday family stressors.
Many people come for help with family conflict, parenting strain, communication problems, blended family issues, adoption or foster care concerns, and caregiving stress. She also supports people facing mood symptoms, eating or body-image struggles, substance use concerns, grief, and attachment questions.
In sessions she combines problem-solving skills, behavior-focused exercises, and mindfulness practices. She also draws on motivational interviewing to help people make changes they actually want. The aim is to find specific, doable steps that fit each person’s life.
Dana works in English and practices in New Jersey. Before scheduling, confirm the current session formats offered so you know how meetings will take place.
How sessions work
How Dana blends practical approaches for online care
Client-centered work means the therapist listens first and builds the plan with the person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many day-to-day issues. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) supplies concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving how you respond to conflict. Mindfulness adds brief exercises to reduce reactivity and improve focus.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Dana will talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which combination of skills and exercises to try and adjust the plan as progress or setbacks arise.
Confirm the session formats available before you book so you know how meetings will happen. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into busy family schedules, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and remove travel time. Pick the format that best fits your day, your energy, and how you prefer to work with a therapist.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
New Jersey
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of family or parenting concerns does she address?
She helps people with family conflict, blended family issues, adoption and foster care concerns, parenting stress, and family of origin problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her practice is client-centered and practical. She uses CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing techniques as needed.
How much experience does she have working with these issues?
She has 10 years of experience in school counseling, private practice, and contracted children’s services that inform her work with family and parenting topics.
What are her professional credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Confirm current session options before booking so you know whether meetings are held by phone, video, or another format.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process of working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.